Feb 11 President Bush Calls for Tougher Nuclear Safeguards President Bush on Wednesday urged a stronger international effort to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction, calling the potential use of such weapons in attacks "the greatest threat before humanity today."… Continue reading
Feb 06 Pres. Bush Forms Bipartisan Iraq Intelligence Review Panel By Admin, PBS News Hour Bowing to pressure from Democratic and Republican lawmakers, President Bush on Friday named seven people to sit on a bipartisan independent commission to investigate U.S. intelligence failures in prewar Iraq. Continue reading
Jan 20 President Touts Health Care Proposals in State of the Union As part of a State of the Union address, President Bush outlined several proposals he said would control health care costs and decrease the number of uninsured Americans. Continue reading
Jan 16 President Bush Places Pickering on Appeals Court, Bypassing Congress By PBS News Hour President Bush used his recess appointment power to install Charles Pickering on a federal appeals court, bypassing Congress, where Democrats had stalled the nomination for more than two years. Continue reading
Jan 14 Bush Unveils Plan to Return Humans to Moon and on to Mars By Admin President Bush announced plans Wednesday to develop a new spacecraft to send humans back to the moon as early as 2015 and use it as a launching point for manned missions to Mars and beyond. Continue reading
Dec 14 President Hails Capture, Says Saddam Will Face Justice Captured Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein "will face the justice he denied to millions," President Bush pledged in an address from the White House Sunday afternoon. Continue reading
Nov 27 President Bush Pays Surprise Visit to Troops in Iraq President Bush made a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit to U.S. troops in Baghdad in a mission to boost morale, marking the first time an American president has visited Iraq. Continue reading
Nov 19 Bush Urges Israel Not to Jeopardize Peace Process In a keynote address to British officials, President Bush urged Israel not to jeopardize the Israeli-Palestinian peace process by continuing construction of a security fence through sections of Palestinian-populated areas in the West Bank. Continue reading
Sep 23 President Bush Urges U.N. General Assembly to Help Rebuild Iraq President Bush addressed the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday, defending the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and calling for more international support to rebuild it and Afghanistan. Continue reading
Sep 18 President Bush Meets With King Abdullah, Acknowledges Stalled "Road Map" Speaking at a Camp David news conference with Jordan's King Abdullah, President Bush acknowledged Thursday that his Middle East peace plan was stalled, blaming the lack of progress on Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's failure to lead. Continue reading